WOOD- USING INDUSTRIES 



and basswood are the woods used for excelsior. The best grades of 

 excelsior, chiefly for upholstering are made from them. In Missouri 

 and Kentucky, cottonwood, buckeye, willow, and oottongum were the 

 principal woods serving for this purpose. The North Carolina ex- 

 celsior cutters preferred white pine and yellow poplar, but used large 

 quantities of loblolly pme. In the Pacific Coast States black cotton- 

 wood, western red cedar, and Sitka spruce were the favorite excelsior 

 woods. .' ". 



TABLE 15. EXCELSIOR. 



FENCING AND GATES 



Table 16 lists the woods used in Virginia for making fence pickets 

 and for constructing wire reels. The loblolly pine and the shortleaf 

 pine contributed all of the reel material and over six and a quarter 

 million feet of Virginia forests is required annually to meet the demand. 

 The durable properties of cypress when exposed, together with its 

 strength, favors it preeminently as the principal wood for pickets. 

 Many times more of it was used for this purpose than all the other 

 woods combined. The other picket woods reported were white oak, 

 red oak, and chestnut. The wood parts of patent fencing made of 

 woven wire and small pieces of wood called stubs were reported made 

 from cypress and chestnut. The latter being cheaper and fairly lasting 

 is growing in favor with the patent fence makers. 



TABLE 16. FENCING AND GATES. 



